“It's a bit much describing it as a moral challenge from a government that's tripled the deficit and added $100 billion to net debt.” GovernmentBitsChallengesMoralDebtBillionsDeficitDescribing Author:Tony Burke
“The claim that the Government made that there were 21 measures in it is wrong. We said we wanted to wait till we saw the bill because we didn't to trust that it would be as they described and it's turned out we were exactly right for saying that. The Government has been entirely deceptive with this. And if their first action is to lie to the Australian people about what was meant to be their centrepiece bill, that really tells you want the [Malcolm] Turnbull Government's going to be about.” PeopleIfsWantFirstsHas BeensMadeSaidGovernmentWould BeActionWantedLyingWaitingSawsClaimsBillsMeant To BeAustralianDeceptiveWere Meant To Be Author:Tony Burke
“With a close parliament, if the Government wants to get a good outcome for the nation, they can't play a game of lying to the public about what's in their own legislation. They can't do that.” IfsWantPlayGovernmentLyingGamesNationsOutcomesLegislationParliament Author:Tony Burke
“The Government in their own terms, for example, they banked the income for the backpackers' tax. But they had a process attached to the backpackers' tax of review that they wanted to go through. What the Government's saying now with this bill is any process, any detail, any reinvestment that Labor had as part of its package, we're meant to ignore all of that and it's only the cut part of it that we're meant to be committed to.” GovernmentWantedProcessTermCuttingExampleTaxesLaborBillsCommittedDetailsIncomeMeant To BeReviewsPackages Author:Tony Burke
“The challenge we've got is that the Government does not have a working majority. They don't.” DoeGovernmentChallengesMajority Author:Tony Burke
